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0 pointsGeneralMayhem12y ago0 comments

If it's not .doc[x], it's not a Word file. I suspect parent was griping about people who would use "Word file" for anything they can open in Word.

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levosmetalo12y ago· 1 in thread

If it has a Word icon in Windows Explorer, then it is a Word file. You can ask ~90% computer users if you don't believe me.

fnordfnordfnord12y ago

>You can ask ~90% computer users if you don't believe me.

The point of the article is that there are a lot of common misconceptions made by average people.

Also, there is no magic filetype detection that makes the Word icon appear, just a setting which is pretty easy for a novice to bodge-up, incidentally.

If you were being sarcastic, I just missed it.

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